Karolina Wamsler

Stenciling

Here is the card for this week. I created the background for this card using a striped stencil and some evergreen bough distress ink. Next I die cut the three smallest balloons from the balloon wafer thin dies from Simon Says Stamp from some pattern paper. I added the sentiment onto the largest balloon and adhered everything to the card base.

Here is the video:

Material:

Card stock – Mint, Simon Says Stamp

Striped stencil

Post it tape

Distress inks – Evergreen Bough, Ranger

Blending tool

Pattern Paper

Balloons wafer thin dies, Simon Says Stamp

Cuttlebug machine

Distress marker – Walnut Stain, Ranger

Click Click stamps and dies, Sizzix Framelits

Birthday Messages, Simon Says Stamp

Archival ink – Jet black, Ranger

Black pen

Foam squares

Double sided tape

Cutting Board

Bone folder

Colouring with Coloured Pencils

Today I coloured an image of an alien girl with coloured pencils. To create a 3D effect I used two shades of each colour. I started out with the lightest one pressing very lightly and colouring the whole area. Next I go in with the darker shade pressing to get the full colour. Once I have done that I go in with the lighter shade pressing harder to blend out the darker one.

Here is the video:

Material:

Card stock – solar white, Neenah

Alien Stamp set

Archival ink – Jet black, Ranger

Coloured Pencils

Birthday Messages, Simon Says Stamp

Distress Markers, Ranger

Water Brush

Cutting Board

Bone folder

Stamping off Stamps

I made this card today using a technique that I call stamping off stamps. To do this you ink up a large background stamp, for this I used a striped stamp I created myself. Once it is inked up I used another stamp with a swirly design and stamped that onto the background stamp. This takes away the ink in that area from the background stamp.

Once I had done that onto my card base I added details with my white gel pen. I added some shine with some liquid pearls from Ranger and stamped and embossed the greeting together with some lines onto the card!

Here is the video:

Material:

Card stock – Sea Glass, Simon Says Stamp

Chalk Ink, Colorbox

Cardboard

Foam

Stamp set, Panduro Hobby

White gel pen

Liquid Pearls – Platinum Pearl, Ranger

Cutting board

Bone folder

Posts It tape

Birthday messages, Simon Says Stamp

Versa Mark

Emboss dual tip marker

Embossing powder – white, Hero Arts

No Line Colouring – Distress Markers

Today I have created this card using distress markers. Before I printed the Ava digital stamp from Saturated Canary I faded out the lines, using Photoshop, to create the no line colouring effect. I When colouring a no line colouring image with distress markers you have to be really careful with not going over the lines. As you add colour the lines will go away and they are not visible anymore. Therefore you have to be careful and remember how the image looks like. A tip that I usually use is to print another copy of the image with black lines that I have next to me as I colour. This makes it a lot easier as I colour to know where the shadows would be.

Once I had coloured the image I stamped the Birthday wishes stamp from the Birthday Messages stamp set from Simon Says Stamp onto the side of the piece. I then added dashed lines around the outside and then adhered it to a card base.

Here is the video:

Material:

Ava, Saturated Canary

Distress Markers

Water colour paper

Card stock – Solar white, Neenah

Heat Gun

Black pen

Coloured Pencils

Birthday Messages stamp set, Simon Says Stamp

Memento – Tuxedo Black

Double sided tape

Cutting Board

Bone Folder

No Line Colouring

Today I created a card using the no line colouring technique. I started out by printing the Party Hardy digital stamp from Saturated Canary onto some Neenah Solar White #110 Card stock. Before I printed the image I faded out the lines using Photoshop. I then coloured the image in like I normally would except once the colouring is done the lines does not show up. Therefore I went in with a black pen and filled in the lines that are meant to be seen, such as the eyes. Once I had done that I stamped one of the sentiment stamps from the Birthday Balloons stamp set from Simon Says Stamp onto the side of the card and it was done!

Here is the video:

Materials:

Party Hardy, Saturated Canary

Pro-markers & Flex-markers, Letraset

Card stock – Solar white, Neenah

Black pen

White gel pen

Birthday Balloons stamp set, Simon Says Stamp

Memento – Tuxedo Black

Cutting Board

Bone Folder

Distress Inks

Today I have created this card chow-casing a technique using distress inks. I really like distress inks since they are so versatile. I created that piece using Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac and Shipped Sapphire distress inks. Once I had created that piece I die cut the Happy die from Simon Says Stamp and embossed it with some Black Sparkle embossing powder from Ranger. I then stamped the birthday stamp from the Happy stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. Next I adhered the water-coloured piece down using some foam squares and then the happy die cut to that. I also adhered an embossed balloon from the Birthday Balloons stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and a die cut balloon from the Balloons wafer thin dies from Simon Says Stamp. I drew the string and the card was done.

Here is the video:

Material:

Clear block

Distress inks, Ranger

Spray bottle

Water colour paper

Heat gun

Cutting Board

Bone folder

Cardstock – Sea Glass, Simon Says Stamp

Cuttle Bug machine

Happy die, Simon Says Stamp

Cardstock – Solar White #110, Neenah

VersaMark

Embossing Powder – Black Sparkle, Ranger

Happy stamp set, Simon Says Stamp

Embossing Powder – White, Hero Arts

Balloons die, Simon Says Stamp

Birthday Balloons stamp set, Simon Says Stamp

Embossing Powder – Gold, Ranger

Foam Squares

Tombow mono multi liquid glue

Black Pen

One Layer Card

Today I have created a One Layer Card. I did this by cutting out a mask and then stamping circles on to the card. I then embossed the large Happy Birthday stamp from the Birthday Balloons stamp set from Simon Says Stamp onto the masked area. Next I tied some ribbon around the card and it was done!

Here is the video:

Materials:

Cardstock – Sea Glass, Simon Says Stamp

Post It Tape

Lots of Dots Stamp Set, Simon Says Stamp

Distress ink – Tumbled Glass & Broken China, Ranger

Mini Blending Tool, Ranger

Birthday Balloon Stamp Set, Simon Says Stamp

Cutting bord

Bone Folder

String

Mono Multi liquid glue, Tombow

Colouring with Pro-markers & Flex-markers

I created this card by printing the “Balloon Wishes” digital stamp from Saturated Canary. I printed her onto some Neenah Solar White #110 card stock and coloured her in using a mix between pro-markers and flex-markers. These markers are similar to Copics but a lot cheeper and I find that they work great.

Here is the video:

Materials:

Card stock – Solar White #110, Neenah

Pro-markers & Flex-markers, Letraset

White gel pen

Bone folder

Cutting bord

Heat Embossing & Die Cutting

This card features die cutting and heat embossing. I started out by die cutting the second larges balloon die from the “Balloons” Wafer Thin Dies from Simon Says Stamp. Once I had done that I stamped one of the Happy Birthday stamps and the two balloons from the Birthday balloons stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I tied a bow around the bottom of the balloon and adhered it onto the card base.

Here is the video:

Material:

Cardstock – Sea Glass, Simon Says Stamp

Cardstock – Solar White #110, Neenah

Birthday Balloons Stamp Set, Simon Says Stamp

Archival ink – Jet Black, Ranger

Tombow mono multi liquid glue, Tombow

Foam Squares

Embossing Powder – Clear, Ranger

Heat gun

Emboss Dual Pen, Emboss

Versa Mark mini ink pad

Balloons wafer thin dies, Simon Says Stamp

String

CuttleBug Machine

Colouring with Distress Markers

I have created this card using the stamp set Popcorn the Bear Birthday Hugs from Crafter’s Companion. I stamped the bear and coloured it using Distress Markers. I also mixed some Liquid Pearls from Ranger, in the colour Platinum Pearl, with some water and added that to the bow!